close encounter with a stray artificial object theme
A human made object comes into close proximity with a populated planet and poses a threat to continued civilization there.
4 total · 3 major · 1 minor
| Story | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| futurama1x08 | major | A giant ball of garbage headed toward Earth and threated the lives of billions. |
| futurama6x02 | major | The Death Sphere turned out to be an amalgam between an ancient military satellite and an ancient TV censorship satellite. |
| movie: Space Men (1960) | major | A series of desperate efforts were made to stop an errant spaceship, called Alpha Two, entered the inner solar system and its photon generators were radiating enough heat to destroy the Earth. |
| tng4x09 | minor | A radioactive space garbage scow was on collision course with the Gamelan homeworld. |